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Red Zone Master
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He ain't on the all-time list because he's pretty.
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Re: Who makes the best head coach...
« Reply #4 on: Jul 18th, 2003, 9:45am » |
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on Jul 17th, 2003, 6:54pm, PrimeTime wrote:
I noticed your post about the Buckeyes. I've been to 5 games at Columbus in the past 8 years. Its a great place to see a game and a nice city to boot. We always check out some high school football when we are there. (Westerville and Westerville South I believe.)
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Welcome aboard - good quality posts.
I'm kind of jealous now, I have only ever been to one OSU game live. It was 1991 (vs Michigan State I believe) and I sat behind a huge column. Still, it was an incredible experience. Just being on campus during Michigan week is unforgettable in itself. I wouldn't trade my 2 quarters at OSU for the world.
Where are you from? I moved around a lot growing up, but I consider "home" to be Columbiana County Ohio - very close to both the PA and WV border. I don't know too much about the high schools in central Ohio, but high school football is HUGE in NE Ohio (and western PA, too). Basically the whole town shows up for Friday night games for the podunk high schools in the area. You throw in nearby Mount Union and YSU (where I graduated during Tressel's prime years), the intense Browns vs. Steelers rivalry; you stir it all up and football is basically a way of life.
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11/20/04 - Buckeyes salvage season by stomping that team from up north. (Posted 11/14/04)
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Fantasy Field General
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How 'bout them Cowboys!!!
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Re: Who makes the best head coach...
« Reply #5 on: Jul 18th, 2003, 9:09pm » |
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I was born and still live in the Reading, PA area (Sinking Spring to be exact). Reading is 45 miles northwest of Philadelphia.
You may know the Reading area for all our current pro athelets: Kerry Collins (QB Giants, Wilson High School), Wade Miller (SP Houston Astros, Brandywine Heights HS), Ross Tucker (OL - Buffalo, Wyomissing H.S --My alma mater), Donyell Marshall (F - Chicago Bulls, Reading H.S) Just bragging a little bit !!
I am a PSU alumn, Class of '87 (Yes, the year they beat Miami for the title) 
Every year I go on a collage football trip with my brother-in-law and father-in-law. That is when I made it out to OSU. I've also been to Tennessee, Kentucky (saw Tim Couch), Clemson, Virginia (when they beat Florida State stopping Dunn on the goalline twice giving FSU its first ACC loss), and Michigan.
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Re: Who makes the best head coach...
« Reply #7 on: Jul 18th, 2003, 9:57pm » |
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on Jul 18th, 2003, 9:25pm, Philly wrote:Reading PA and you're a Cowboys fan?  Let me guess... you were one of those front-runners who jumped on the Cowboys bandwagon in the late 1970s just because you thought the star on the helmet looked cool?  |
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to being dictated to by geography when "choosing" your sports teams. There is only one "local" team among my four favorites from the four "major" sports, the New Jersey Devils, but it really is not about geography at all.
Moving right along, back to the question at hand...
I am going to take this in a bit of a different direction. I think the best kind of professional sports coach is the "innovator and motivator", Vince Lombardi, Bill Parcells, Jimmy Johnson, Tom Landry, Don Shula, Bill Walsh, John Madden, and even I think Jon Gruden and Mike Shanahan of the very modern era. The "rah-rah" factor is a bit misunderstood when it is discussed regarding the NFL. Some take the position that it doesn't matter, that money is all that speaks to these guys. That's bologna! It's that inspiring college kids is one thing; it is MUCH MORE difficult inspiring men, BUT still necessary. 
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into a powerhouse and he destroyed them in two years. 
(though it's a lot easier now that he's left the Raiders). I love his passion on the sidelines and you know the players are scared shitless.
The last thing a player wants is to be on every single SportsCenter for the next week with Jon Gruden one inch away, spitting in his face in one of his classic tirades... 
The "Gruden Glare" is bad enough! 
If done properly, I feel this technique gets the most out of the players as they will try as hard as they can to gain the approval of their "loose cannon" coach. It's a fine line though... push too hard and you can lose the entire team. 
If I had a dartboard, he'd be on it. 
